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I like TP too, but I hate how in certain things I get scared of, like enemies. Otherwise I would of beaten the game right now.

And for Super Smash Bros Brawl, according to their forum, they say that there will be a ton of new characters that weren't used before and I think at least 50 will be there. There is a topic there where you can submit your character and it will be considered. there are over 50 characters already.
 
Got mine in January by pure random luck. Bought Zelda beat it and guess what its still the same game I have been playing for the last 20years. Its good but boring and monotonous. It sat around and collected dust until recently when i bought the Bigs and enjoying it once more. When friends come over we play wiisports but that usually only last about an hour and then we play some RB6vegas, TMNT(Arcade), NHL2K7 and a few others.

With the major f*ck up of metroid (no multi - just give us co-op, I dont care about PvP), I don't know what game I will buy next for wii(that has a release date). There's mario galaxy but don't care too much for the platformer. RE4 played it and loved it on GC and will prob get when I can find it for less than $20. Mario Kart only if they make it online. There is a new BrothersIn Arms game for wii coming in september but that is schedduled between release of mass effect and halo3 and the brothersin arms game for x360 is coming in november anyway. Also have 2Worlds coming in end of July and I will finally have a footbal game soon with AllProFootball 2K8. In the meantime I have Lord of the RIngs Online Shadows of Angmar.
 
SpankyPenzaanz said:
With the major f*ck up of metroid (no multi - just give us co-op, I dont care about PvP),
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What are you talking about? Metroid has never had multiplayer. Only two Metroid games have ever had multiplayer in the history of the franchise, and one sucked and the other was a handheld game.

Anyway, here's an answer for you: Smash Bros.
 
SpankyPenzaanz said:
Got mine in January by pure random luck. Bought Zelda beat it and guess what its still the same game I have been playing for the last 20years. Its good but boring and monotonous. It sat around and collected dust until recently when i bought the Bigs and enjoying it once more. When friends come over we play wiisports but that usually only last about an hour and then we play some RB6vegas, TMNT(Arcade), NHL2K7 and a few others.

With the major f*ck up of metroid (no multi - just give us co-op, I dont care about PvP), I don't know what game I will buy next for wii(that has a release date). There's mario galaxy but don't care too much for the platformer. RE4 played it and loved it on GC and will prob get when I can find it for less than $20. Mario Kart only if they make it online. There is a new BrothersIn Arms game for wii coming in september but that is schedduled between release of mass effect and halo3 and the brothersin arms game for x360 is coming in november anyway. Also have 2Worlds coming in end of July and I will finally have a footbal game soon with AllProFootball 2K8. In the meantime I have Lord of the RIngs Online Shadows of Angmar.
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What about Super Smash Bros Brawl?

And TP is the first legend of zelda game I ever bought because at the time it game it, it was the best one and I didn't like them. I tired it and I liked it. But I bet if I tried the others, I may say the same thing, although I have played the others for like 10 mintues and they seem nothing alike to each other.
 
iPowers said:
Does anyone happen to have them in your home? If you don't, it is probably handy for you. Especially Wii Sports. It is good for exercise and building strength (although it could have more options for it. What do you guys think of it?
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I intend to get one in a month or two when I will finally be free of my obligation. I intend to use it primarily to have some exercise because I haven't got time to do it. It should be fun for sure.
 
iPowers said:
And TP is the first legend of zelda game I ever bought because at the time it game it, it was the best one and I didn't like them. I tired it and I liked it. But I bet if I tried the others, I may say the same thing, although I have played the others for like 10 mintues and they seem nothing alike to each other.
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OK well I'm not sure what to make of your grammar, but in regards to Zelda.

Fundamentally the game-play has remained the same for a long while. Some would argue if you have a magic recipe, why mess with it - but at the same time others like Spanky will find the same basic concept of go here, do this person a favor, enter dungeon, solve some elementary puzzles, find map, find compass, find the key to the boss door - enter and kill boss of dungeon 1, return with favor, go to next location, do person a favor, which involved entering a new dungeon, solve some elementary puzzles, find map, find compass, find the key to the boss door, kill boss of dungeon 2 - a tad not necessarily boring, but repetitive and uninspiring.

Yes the basic story changes, but the underlying game-play doesn't. Even when there has been some game-play changes put into the mix - like the boat sections in WindWaker, they have been less than well received by fans.

But what about the alternative dimensions or worlds you ask ? Well most of the games since Link to the Past have had that. Dark world, or time travel, or smaller world (minish cap) all are basic fundamental copies of an idea.

So I'm afraid whilst the games are fantastically popular, they do have a tendency to be 'unoriginal' - but then introducing a load of new things, making fundamental game-play changes - then to be quite blunt.. It wouldn't be Zelda.
 
I agree with MRU. The games are cool for nostalgia for me...I like that there's always Rupees and compasses and Dungeon keys...but I wish they could find a way to expand things or something.

TP for me needed to have more RPG elements...it was almost too much "on rails" for me. There's this big world out there...but not much reward for killing lots of folks or making lots of money.

I'd be really happy if they kept the game looking mostly the same in a sequal...same graphics, characters, etc...but added more dimension to it...more Oblivion like, but with Zelda characters. Plus I'd love to see a love triangle with Zelda and the TP :D

Paul
 
I agree, I think there needs to be a change in gameplay. Twilight Princess, whilst awesome, isn't as fresh feeling as OoT. They need a change there and I thoroughly expect the next Zelda to be a very different experience to fully accommodate motion controls.
 
^ But saying all that I'll be buying Phantom Hourglass 195% :D

But yeah a new more open world Link where you are not basically following the linear plot of go here, next go there. A hyrule where I can go anywhere at any point - without magic barriers holding me back because I havent completed everything in set order.

Where the story evolves around you from the different corners of the world, where in the end it all pulls together, rather than you just been taken on a ride.

Zelda is awesome, but it sits in a gaming universere where we have seen the benefits of open worlds and because it clings to it's old routes so firmly - it's looking a little dated.

I'm not sure motion controls alone can move the franchise to the next level, the basics fundementals have to not necesserily change - but evolve with it.

We probaly wont see another Zelda on the Wii until 2009/10 - and by that time open world rpg's and adventure games will have progressed to the next level - Zelda needs to follow suit.

It needs to be the 'bowie' of action rpg's and whilst constantly adapt and be on the cusp. Ocarina of Time shaped a hell of a lot of games and spawned a whole host of imitators.

Twilight Princess doesnt have the same feel, it mostly feels like an updated imitation of OOT and hence that freshness, that wow factor that influence games after game subsequently is simply not there.

Yes it's a Zelda game in every sense, but on the whole - it's a pretty unremarkable game. Don't get me wrong - it's a great game in it's own right, but it's not the zenith, the pinacle we have come to expect from the gaming franchise.

Somthing needs to be done, the next Zelda needs to set the standard once again.
 
I'm thinking a lot of the next Zelda is going to be based upon Mario Galaxy, in that Galaxy seems to be a rethinking of the platform genre, how could Nintendo rethink the Action RPG genre?

Perhaps Zelda isn't the catalyst for that. Part of me hopes it'll be something new. Nintendo invented so many genres now that it feels we're about ready for a new type of RPG. Open-ended is great and all, but I always find theres lack of goal and much more difficult to come back to mid-way.

I don't mind the handheld versions being odes to the past. Theres a lot of perfection in the formula already. But the next console romp has to be something new, if not to give Zelda a new feel but to inspire the gaming market like they did pre-Gamecube.

Everythings got so recycled and predictable now. Galaxy is the only non-independant, non-art house game that looks to bring something new to the industry to me. I couldn't care less about the majority of these PS3, Wii and 360 games coming out. If I'm interested it's to finish off the story (Prime 3), or have some more mindless multiplayer fun (Mario Kart, Brawl).

If it wasn't for a mini selection of a few modern gems I'd have given up on modern day gaming and stuck to indie. Which reminds me - my friends game Knytt Stories is out soonish. If you don't download you're sad. :p
 
GFLPraxis said:
I beat TP this last Thursday :D Finally!
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twistedlegato said:
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Are you serious? I thought you got yours on launch day! How could you have not of finished it within a month!:D
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I was about to say I have that beat, but you had your Wii about 6 weeks before I got mine so I've still got about 3 weeks left to finish...

And I thought I was slow...

I finally fired it up for the first time since May 15 last night to try to progress some... I figure I'm about 3-4 hours from completion, but with a newborn and a toddler finding time to play is tough...

Once I finish it'll be about time to start up with Metroid... and that doesn't even account for me wanting to pick up Zelda I&II, and SMB2 for the VC...

Damn you Nintendo, why did you have to make me want to play old and new games again?
 
I've never been a huge gamer, but the Wii is pretty sweet. I liked the fact that it was reasonably priced & had a pretty decent selection of games. I have Wii Sports, Tiger Woods '07 and Super Paper Mario.

Haven't played recently, but was working on Super Paper Mario. It's a pretty fun game with cool visual effects.
 
I happened to see this last night. Introducing Wii Fit. I don't have an idea what the others can say about it. In my opinion, this could be trouble to them.
 
dodong said:
I happened to see this last night. Introducing Wii Fit. I don't have an idea what the others can say about it. In my opinion, this could be trouble to them.
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Definitely. WiiFit is going to be astronomical for the casual and keep-fit gamers markets.
 
raggedjimmi said:
Definitely. WiiFit is going to be astronomical for the casual and keep-fit gamers markets.
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In a post-DDR/PIU/ITG gaming world...no. Not astronomical.
The only thing WiiFit has going for it is it's less intimidating than the aforementioned Bemani games, but I guarantee it's overall impact on exercise/weight loss (compared to those Bemani games) will be laughable.
 
raggedjimmi said:
I'm thinking a lot of the next Zelda is going to be based upon Mario Galaxy, in that Galaxy seems to be a rethinking of the platform genre, how could Nintendo rethink the Action RPG genre?

Perhaps Zelda isn't the catalyst for that. Part of me hopes it'll be something new. Nintendo invented so many genres now that it feels we're about ready for a new type of RPG. Open-ended is great and all, but I always find theres lack of goal and much more difficult to come back to mid-way.

I don't mind the handheld versions being odes to the past. Theres a lot of perfection in the formula already. But the next console romp has to be something new, if not to give Zelda a new feel but to inspire the gaming market like they did pre-Gamecube.

Everythings got so recycled and predictable now. Galaxy is the only non-independant, non-art house game that looks to bring something new to the industry to me. I couldn't care less about the majority of these PS3, Wii and 360 games coming out. If I'm interested it's to finish off the story (Prime 3), or have some more mindless multiplayer fun (Mario Kart, Brawl).

If it wasn't for a mini selection of a few modern gems I'd have given up on modern day gaming and stuck to indie. Which reminds me - my friends game Knytt Stories is out soonish. If you don't download you're sad. :p
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Reminds me of that Zelda April Fools...
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/BlindsideDork/futuristic-zelda-thoughts-make-believe--33877.phtml
 
I'm a die-hard nintendo fan-boy from SNES to GameCube, with GB color and GBA SP/Micro, but i'm planning to sell my wii for a 360 cause wii has absolutely no good games, except for SSBB and Mario Galaxy.
 
^^

I have been Rick Rolld, and I hate you for it :D.

At the risk of feeding the troll, you have to be joking that those are the only two games coming out (or even out) that look good. Ok, stopping myself before I feed it too much.
 
twoodcc said:
so is the Wii in stores now, or mainly sold out everywhere?
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I think it depends on the region. I got mine as a gift and my Mom bought it back in Washington, but they are in a small town. It wasn't until just the other night that I saw some Wiis actually in stores here where I live.
 
Mr. MacBook said:
I'm a die-hard nintendo fan-boy...
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No, you're not. I'm a Sega and Nintendo fan and I'm loving what the Wii has to offer. I also have other systems mostly so other folk can't just chant "fanboy" without making them look like lemons.
 
kgarner said:
I think it depends on the region. I got mine as a gift and my Mom bought it back in Washington, but they are in a small town. It wasn't until just the other night that I saw some Wiis actually in stores here where I live.
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after calling around, only 1 place i found that has one. why are they sold out everywhere?

and is there any rumors of an updated Wii for next year?
 
I sometimes think the Wii is a little too much work.

I just bought "The Bigs" and honestly, do I have to swing my arm around to throw the ball? Or to dive? These actions don't even simulate throwing a baseball, you're just swinging your arm around.
 
GimmeSlack12 said:
I sometimes think the Wii is a little too much work.
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Every time I see a comment like this I wish I had the addy for that old picture of a fat kid eating chips and watching tv while complaining that he would have to *move* to play the Wii :).

Honestly, when we were kids we use to just run, nothing else, *just run* for fun. Now we don't want to move our arms because it's too tiring?
 
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